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Dick Van Dyke continues his joyful journey through life as he reaches his 100th birthday on Saturday, December 13, 2025. (JC Olivera / Getty Images)

At 100, Dick Van Dyke is still joyful

CK Smith

The beloved entertainer’s longevity and positive outlook reject today’s obsession with anti-aging optimization

Some Florida officials are asking for childhood vaccines to be downgraded to "optional" to support parental choice over mandated health and safety concerns and decades of accepted scientific research. (Sarah L. Voisin / Getty Images)

FL continues child vax rollbacks

CK Smith

Medical professionals warn this change could bring back preventable diseases and add more to anti-science politics

TSA lines are already every travelers' nightmare, but now they are sharing your data with ICE to catch more "illegal" travelers. (Paul Hennesy / Anadolu / Getty Images)

Flying now comes with ICE enforcement

CK Smith

Civil liberties advocates say the new policy blurs travel security, immigration policing and data privacy

The cast of "The Dick Van Dyke Show," circa 1965. (Bettman/Contributor/Getty Images)

Dick Van Dyke changed TV forever

Melanie McFarland

As the legendary comedian reaches his 100th birthday, Salon examines the impact of his foundational sitcom

Sign language interpreters are everywhere by design. From political events to rap concerts to FEMA press conference, ASL helps those with hearing disabilities understand the world around them and remove the last barrier to receive that necessary and sometimes life-saving information. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

White House bans ASL interpreters

CK Smith

Disability advocates say the move reflects a broader pattern and a shift toward ableism in the federal government

Peanut butter Christmas cookies (Cappi Thompson/Getty Images )

Umami is a gift to Christmas cookies

Joy Saha

Cookbook author Kat Lieu shares her tips on elevating your festive bakes with this unconventional addition

Jared Kushner at a press conference in Israel on Oct. 21, 2025. (Nathan Howard/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Kushner is at the center of corruption

Sophia Tesfaye

From media mergers to foreign policy, Trump's son-in-law is consolidating power — and making millions

Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Fletcher speaks about her memoir in Washington, D.C., on June 18, 2023. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Trump is whitewashing American history

Chauncey DeVega

The death of Viola Fletcher, the last survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, underscores what Trump is attacking

Ronald Reagan meets in the Oval Office with a group of Afghan resistance fighters, Feb. 2, 1983. (Bettmann via Getty Images)

Afghanistan's tragedy — and America's

Leila Nadir

In the '80s, Afghans were "freedom fighters." Today, they're despised terrorists. Both stories were made in America

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

DOJ pressure to "find" UCLA antisemitism

Peter Elkind, Katherine Mangan - ProPublica

Trump admin demanded $1 billion in fines and changes that had nothing to do with antisemitism

Pink Floyd (Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images)

"Wish You Were Here" at 50

Kenneth Womack

Packed with remasters, outtakes and live recordings, this is a celebration of Pink Floyd at their creative peak

An undated photograph of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein (Democrats on the House Oversight Committee)

New Epstein photos show Trump, Clinton

Garrett Owen

President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, and other prominent figures appear in the photos

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 11: Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) walks out of the Senate Chamber on December 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Two opposing health care bills intended to avert rising health care premiums have failed. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Health care vote suffers in the Senate

Garrett Owen

Without subsidies, the median cost of ACA health care will increase by 18%

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Craig Barritt / Matt Winkelmeyer / Kevin Mazur / Phillip Faraone / Kevin Dietsch / Andrew Harnik / Saul Loeb / Vittorio Zunino Celotto)

The best takedowns of 2025

Andi Zeisler

From Vivian Wilson to Trevor Noah, these clapbacks delivered rare satisfaction in a bleak year

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / DON EMMERT / Spencer Platt / Michael Siluk / UCG / IkonStudio)

We can't bomb our way to fewer overdoses

Kassandra Frederique, James Saenz

Gutting addiction treatment while bombing boats proves America’s drug policy is broken

President Donald Trump speaks at the NATO summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025. (Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump the "destroyer" endangers Europe

Brian Karem

The president's abandonment of NATO and America's European allies has only one beneficiary: Vladimir Putin

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, takes the stage during a rally featuring California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Houston on Nov. 8, 2025. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

GOP will regret hyping Jasmine Crockett

Amanda Marcotte

Democratic voters want a fighter, and the Texas congresswoman is definitely that

ATLANTA,GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 29: A Hepatitis B vaccine in Atlanta, Georgia, September 29, 2023. (Photo by Alyssa Pointer for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Vaccine guideline changes stir confusion

Nicole Karlis

Experts say the CDC advisory panel’s delay of newborn hepatitis B shots is not evidence-based

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on  Aug. 22, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Judges reject Trump's immigrant roundups

Cassandra Burke Robertson - The Conversation

Federal judges across the country have objected to the Trump admin's policy of mass detention

(Salon)

NordVPN review

Jared Howe

Whether it's the right fit for you depends on your priorities: speed, cost, security or advanced tools

Indiana State Senators meet in the Senate chamber in the Indiana State Capitol building. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Indiana GOP rejects Trump maps

Alex Galbraith

The vote throws a wrench into Republican plans to redistrict their way into holding the U.S. House in 2026

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on December 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee convened to hear testimony from top national security officials on potential worldwide threats. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Dems run up the score in Noem hearing

Alex Galbraith

Noem fled Capitol Hill after being berated by lawmakers and protestors

Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) arrives for a US Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 1, 2023. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Dems to IG: Keep an eye on Epstein files

Blaise Malley

With the Epstein files release deadline looming, Democrats want to keep the DOJ from pulling a fast one

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) walks off the House floor after speaking for 8 hours and 44 minutes as the House votes to pass Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)

Democrats split on impeachments

Garrett Owen

"You can't swing a cat without hitting an impeachable offense in this administration," one representative said

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